Attachment for corn-planters.



B. A. JONES.

ATTACHMENT FOR 001m PLANTERS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 13, 1908.

927,858. Patented July 13, 1909.

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Wituzono UNITI) STATS PATENT @FFIQE.

ELIJAH A. JONES, OF BROWNING, MISSOURI.

ATTACHMENT FOR CORN-PLANTERS.

Application filed November 13, 1908.

To all 107mm '51 may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIJAII A. JONES, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at Brown ing, in the county of Linnand State of Missouri, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in irttachments for Corn-Planters,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to attachn'ients for corn planters and moreparticularly to check row corn planters, the object being to pro videnovel means for operating the check row mechanism whereby the wire canbe quickly released so that the machine can be turned in order toconnect it to the opposite side of the machine.

A further object of the invention is to provide an attachment which isexceedingly simple in construction and one which can be connected to theordinary chock row corn planter now in use dispensing with the use ofcables for releasing the check row.

A still further object of the invention is to provide means operated bythe foot of the driver for releasing the check row wire.

lVith these objects in view, my invention consists in the novel featuresof construction, arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter fullydescribed, pointed out in the claims and shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improvedattachment, showing it applied to a corn planter. 2 is a section takenon the line 2-2 of 1 1 1.

R eferring to the drawings, A indicates the tongue of a check row cornplanter to each side of which is arranged the ordinary check rowmechanism B provided with releasing levers I) all of which are of theordinary form now in use.

Mounted on the tongue between the check row mechanism is a verticalcrank shaft E to the crank arm of which is connected a rod i which isconnected at its free end to a foot lever G mounted in such a positionthat it can be readily reached by the foot of the driver. Fixed on thecrank shaft is a lever l Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1909.

Serial No. 462,513.

II to the ends of which are connected links I the free ends of which areconnected to the releasing levers of the check row mechanism. It will beseen that by this arrangement when it is desired to release the wirefrom the mechanism it is only necessary to press down on the foot leverwhich will operate the releasing lever of the mechanism so that the wirecan be readily detached, in order that it can be placed in the check rowmechanism upon the opposite side.

From the foregoing description, it. will be seen that I have providednovel means for operating the check row mechanism of a check row cornplanter which enables the operator to release the wire from themechanism by the foot thereby overcoming the difficulties now existingwith having to reach down and grab a cable and pull the same. It willalso be seen that when the foot lever is operated, both of the releasinglevers on the check row mechanism will be opened so that the wire withinone of the mechanisms can be readily detached in order that the machinecan be turned so as to place the wire in the opposite check rowmechanism.

What I claim is:

1. An attachment for corn planters comprising a shaft provided with alever, links carried by said lever connected to the releasing levers ofthe cheek row mechanism, and means for operating said shaft.

2. In a device of the kind described, the combination with the check rowmechanism of a corn planter, of a vertical crank shaft adapted to bemounted on the tongue of the corn planter, a lever lixed on said shaft,links carried by the ends of said lever having their free ends connectedto the releasing lovers of the check row mechanisms, and a rod connectedto the crank arm of said shaft operated by a foot .lever, for thepurpose described.

ElilJAll A. JONES. I/Vitnesses J. W. JoNns, S. L. GIBsON.

